Forg
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Hi all,
Driving home yesterday, I had a merge into an 80 zone from a sharp left-turn leading to a fairly short slip-road, so a fairly large amount of the right welly was applied to get up to traffic speed. This is a pre-flappy-paddle VF1 Redline which I don't trust dealers with so the only software upgrade it's had is for MyLink mid 2015.
It was in Sport mode, so it wasn't terribly surprising that it kicked back to (I think) 2nd. I don't manually shift the auto 'box at all, so I didn't somehow put it into "DIY" mode.
Once I lifted off the pedal, however, it stayed in whatever low gear it was in (I think still 2nd, didn't check revs but doubt it was 3rd ... in fact, if I had put it into DIY mode the gear I was in would've appeared on the HUD wouldn't it?). Gave it maybe a couple of seconds of revving higher than it usually would at that speed, shifted it to 'D' which made it behave normally again, then back to 'S' and wasn't able to reproduce.
What says the collective wisdom of JC?
Do I write it off as yet another one-off VF electrical glitch which may or may not occur again in the remaining 17-ish years of us owning the car?
I presume that unless it happens again I should just not worry about it ... or is this a Known Thing and I should *shudder* take it to a dealer?
The Rev Doctor is giving it a service today (based on time rather than distance ... I think it's on the 45k km or maybe even the 60k km service at 18k km
), I told him the symptom so he'll probably have a quick look but I guess there are diagnostical things a dealer with the right plug can do which a very cluey very thorough non-brand-specific mechanic might not be able to do?
Driving home yesterday, I had a merge into an 80 zone from a sharp left-turn leading to a fairly short slip-road, so a fairly large amount of the right welly was applied to get up to traffic speed. This is a pre-flappy-paddle VF1 Redline which I don't trust dealers with so the only software upgrade it's had is for MyLink mid 2015.
It was in Sport mode, so it wasn't terribly surprising that it kicked back to (I think) 2nd. I don't manually shift the auto 'box at all, so I didn't somehow put it into "DIY" mode.
Once I lifted off the pedal, however, it stayed in whatever low gear it was in (I think still 2nd, didn't check revs but doubt it was 3rd ... in fact, if I had put it into DIY mode the gear I was in would've appeared on the HUD wouldn't it?). Gave it maybe a couple of seconds of revving higher than it usually would at that speed, shifted it to 'D' which made it behave normally again, then back to 'S' and wasn't able to reproduce.
What says the collective wisdom of JC?
Do I write it off as yet another one-off VF electrical glitch which may or may not occur again in the remaining 17-ish years of us owning the car?
I presume that unless it happens again I should just not worry about it ... or is this a Known Thing and I should *shudder* take it to a dealer?
The Rev Doctor is giving it a service today (based on time rather than distance ... I think it's on the 45k km or maybe even the 60k km service at 18k km
), I told him the symptom so he'll probably have a quick look but I guess there are diagnostical things a dealer with the right plug can do which a very cluey very thorough non-brand-specific mechanic might not be able to do?
